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An Atlas Obscura piece, drawing on Iona and Peter Opie’s work on children’s folklore, explores the meaning of the seemingly meaningless “67”: “And through these quaint ready-made …
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An Atlas Obscura piece, drawing on Iona and Peter Opie’s work on children’s folklore, explores the meaning of the seemingly meaningless “67”: “And through these quaint ready-made …
I’ve been curious about the now-ubiquitous use of black disposable gloves in food-focused social media, and also increasingly in traditional marketing and the street-level …
The Verge published an article that delves into 😼 how we are starting to “sound like ChatGPT”. Our relationship with language is evolving because of LLMs, impacting our thinking in …
Check out these two recent articles exploring the influence of 4chan’s “shitposting” on internet culture and politics. In a Wired article, Ryan Broderick examines the pervasive …
As of today, March 5, 2025, Microsoft has shut down Skype. I honestly thought Teams had already replaced it years ago. Still, reading the news made me nostalgic about how I, my …
I’m disgusted by the White House’s official account posting an ASMR video on deportations. To better understand, let’s revisit sociologist Zygmunt Bauman’s perspective on the …
A Tedium article by Ernie Smith reveals a potential connection between a technical Linux kernel coding issue and the influence of the creator economy on open-source development. In …
Ars Technica has compiled a list of products and services that exemplify the worst examples of “enshittification”. The term, coined by Cory Doctorow, describes the common pattern …
To combat dropping user engagement on older social media platforms, it appears Meta/Facebook plans to add AI-generated users that will post AI-generated content. Below is a quote …
A new video from Le dessous des images discusses “micro-dramas,” short (1-2 minute) soap opera-style videos made for and shown on platforms such as Reelshorts. Webtoons also came …